Illegal foodgrain stocks worth 28.47 cr seized in Vidarbha

Published: Wednesday, April 16, 2008, 22:02 [IST]

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Nagpur, Apr 16 (UNI) Illegal stocks of foodgrains worth Rs 28.47 crore were seized from various parts of Vidarbha region in Maharashtra over the past 48 hours, as part of the state government's move to curb hoarding of essential commodities.

Officials seized the foodgrains, stocked without proper licence, from various warehouses in Nagpur, Amravati, Chandrapur and Wardha, official sources said.

As many as 815 quintals of pulses, worth Rs 17.07 lakh, were seized from a warehouse of Maharashtra State Warehouse Corporation in Chandrapur today, sources said. Similarly, 191 quintals of wheat worth Rs 2.10 lakh and 3,939 quintals of pulses worth Rs 90.21 lakh were seized from the warehouse of an urban bank in Wardha, they said.